PANAJI : Goa will have to re-invent its tourism profile and go back to the pristine 1960s, to get the industry back on its feet, Tourism Minister Manohar Ajgaonkar said on Thursday.
Speaking to reporters outside Chief Minister Pramod Sawant's official residence in Panaji, Ajgaonkar also said, that the state would only focus on wealthy tourists" and stay way from budget and local-spending tourists in the future. "We have recreate the Goa of the 1960s to kickstart our tourism again.
In 1960s, Goa was beautiful and now in 2020 it is very different with more than 8 million visiting tourists," the Tourism minister said. "What we are trying to do along with experts, is to take Goa back to the 1960s.